Peru

Children's Advisory Council

The Children Advisory Council is a representative council for the children of Miraflores district in Peru. The Council was created in November 2019 under a district executive order and its fourteen members were democratically elected by fellow children. After their election, the members will serve for two years and meet periodically. The functions of the Council include the elaboration of policy proposals, the emission of opinions and recommendations in all policies and issues concerning children?s rights and wellbeing, the active promotion and protection of children?s rights, to participate in the formulation, implementation and evaluation of children related policies, and finally, serve as representatives of boys and girls of Miraflores vis a vis the local, regional and national authorities.

Institutional design

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Formalization: is the innovation embedded in the constitution or legislation, in an administrative act, or not formalized at all?

Frequency: how often does the innovation take place: only once, sporadically, or is it permanent or regular?

Mode of Selection of Participants: is the innovation open to all participants, access is restricted to some kind of condition, or both methods apply?

Type of participants: those who participate are individual citizens, civil society organizations, private stakeholders or a combination of those?

Decisiveness: does the innovation takes binding, non-binding or no decision at all?

Co-governance: is there involvement of the government in the process or not?

Formalization
only backed by a governmental program or policy 
Frequency
regular
Mode of selection of participants
restricted 
Type of participants
citizens  
Decisiveness
democratic innovation yields no decision  
Co-Governance
yes 

Means


  • Deliberation
  • Direct Voting
  • E-Participation
  • Citizen Representation

Ends


  • Accountability
  • Responsiveness
  • Rule of Law
  • Political Inclusion
  • Social Equality

Policy cycle

Agenda setting
Formulation and decision-making
Implementation
Policy Evaluation

Sources

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